{"product_id":"9780872864689","title":"So Many Ways to Sleep Badly","description":"Author: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780872864689\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: City Lights Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sycamore kicks mainstream literature in the teeth.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMattilda Bernstein Sycamore's exhilarating new novel is about struggling to find hope in the ruins of everyday San Francisco-battling roaches, Bikram Yoga, chronically bad sex, NPR, internet cruising, tweakers, the cops, $100 bills, chronic pain, the gay vote, vegan restaurants, and incest, with the help of air-raid sirens, herbal medicine, late-night\u003cbr\u003eepiphanies, sea lions, and sleeping pills. \u003ci\u003eSo Many Ways to Sleep Badly\u003c\/i\u003e unveils a gender-bending queer world where nothing flows smoothly, except for those sudden moments when everything becomes lighter or brighter or easier to imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMattilda Bernstein Sycamore \u003c\/b\u003eis the gender-bending author of the highly praised novel \u003ci\u003ePulling Taffy \u003c\/i\u003eand the editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eNobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity\u003c\/i\u003e. Sycamore writes regularly for a variety of publications, including \u003ci\u003eBitch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUtne Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlterNet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMake\/Shift\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMaximumRocknRoll\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919266627742,"sku":"ING-9780872864689","price":33.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780872864689.jpg?v=1782809505","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780872864689","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}